Nurses and disasters : global, historical case studies / Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN, Barbra Mann Wall, PhD, RN, FAAN.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Springer Publishing Company, [2015]
Description
xl, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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    "Describes and analyzes the nursing response to a variety of historic and recent global disasters that occurred between 1885 and 2012, including Hurricane Sandy. ... It examines how partnerships developed, their implications for policy, and how we can use lessons learned to improve care in the future." --back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Typhoid fever epidemic, 1885-1887, Tasmania, Australia / Madonna Grehan
    • The 1908 Italian earthquake / Anna La Torre
    • The 1913 flood in Ohio, USA / Janna Dieckmann
    • The influenza epidemic, 1918-1919, Alaska, USA / Maria DeValpine
    • The bombing blitz of London and Manchester, England, 1940-1944 / Jane Brooks
    • The bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941 / Gwyneth Rhiannon Milbrath
    • The nuclear catastrophe in Hiroshima, Japan, August 1945 / Ryoko Ohara, Madonna Grehan, Sioban Nelson, and Trudy Rudge
    • The Bar Harbor fire of 1947, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA / Barbara Maling
    • The SARS pandemic in Toronto, Canada, 2003 / Sioban Nelson
    • Hurricane Sandy, October 2012, New York City, USA / Barbra Mann Wall, Victoria LaMaina, and Emma MacAllister
    • Conclusion / Arlene W. Keeling, Emma MacAllister, and Barbra Mann Wall.
    ISBN
    • 9780826126726 ((pbk.))
    • 0826126723 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2015008674
    OCLC
    904424095
    Other standard number
    • YBP12236066
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